GRE Word List

EMETIC

an agent that induces vomiting

The meaning of the word emetic is an agent that induces vomiting.

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geriatricsa branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people
disportsport
fuss:trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby
nutritiousnourishing
fretto eat or gnaw into : corrode
zealeagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor
overtopen to view : manifest
tautologicalinvolving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant
cavilto raise trivial and frivolous objection
sledgesledgehammer